Table 1 Musculoskeletal pain and sum scores for ergonomic and psychosocial factors in the total study population at baseline; among the participants at follow-up (n = 1115), and among those who dropped out of the study between baseline and follow-up (i.e., “drop-outs”; N = 476). The baseline results are given for the participants with partial drop-outs (i.e. with incomplete answers; n = 204), who were not included in the adjusted multi-exposure model of multisite pain

Included at follow-up

1115

26

39

44

24

39

17

2.5 (1.0)

1.3 (1.2)

Anaesthetic nurses

214

21

32

40

20

39

17

2.8 (1.0)

1.2 (1.2)

Surgical nurses

209

29

39

47

24

42

19

3.3 (0.8)

1.1 (1.1)

Assistant nurses

224

36

41

47

37

47

26

2.9 (0.9)

1.3 (1.2)

Sonographers

222

24

44

53

25

28

12

2.3 (0.9)

1.0 (1.1)

Teachers

246

21

40

34

16

38

11

1.6 (0.8)

1.8 (1.4)

Partial drop-outs^a

204

24

40

43

25

36

14

2.5 (1.1)

1.4 (1.3)

Drop-outs, all

476

26

44

46

25

39

16

2.5 (1.1)

1.5 (1.3)

Non-responders

297

23

46

44

24

40

15

2.5 (1.1)

1.5 (1.3)

Retired

59

39

37

44

34

36

24

2.4 (1.1)

1.4 (1.1)

Off duty/change of work

78

28

47

52

20

39

16

2.5 (1.0)

1.5 (1.4)

Parental leave

31

23

45

48

19

32

10

2.4 (1.1)

1.4 (1.3)

Other reason^b

11

60

27

46

50

40

27

2.8 (1.1)

1.4 (1.2)